Publication: Fast Path Ethernet Switching: On-demand, Efficient Transparent Bridges for Data Center and Campus Networks
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2010-05
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IEEE - The Institute Of Electrical And Electronics Engineers, Inc
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Abstract
In this paper we propose Fast Path Ethernet, an
evolution of the transparent bridges learning mechanisms to
increase infrastructure utilization for campus and datacenter
networks in a simple way. Fast Path Ethernet Switches reuse
standard ARP Request and Reply packets to set up fast ondemand
paths between hosts. This architecture uses the
standard Ethernet frame format, so it is fully transparent to
hosts and compatible with 802.1D bridging in core-island
mode. A proof of concept has been implemented in Linux.
Preliminary simulations in metropolitan and campus network
topologies show superior performance to spanning tree and
even to shortest path forwarding, at a fraction of the their
complexity.
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This work is at: The 17th IEEE International Workshop on Local and Metropolitan Area Networks, took place May 5 - 7, 2010 in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA
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Ethernet, Routing bridges, Spanning Tree
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Local and Metropolitan Area Networks (LANMAN), 17th IEEE Workshop on (2010) pp 1-7